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It was then that I understood what I’d really lost. Not just my father, but my autonomy, the right to express my opinion, to be valued and listened to as an equal.
“It is always better to admire the best among our foes rather than the worst among our friends. Wouldn’t you agree, Commandant?”
― The Sympathizer
― The Sympathizer
“But it’s our nature to deny what frightens us, and it’s not wicked or dull. Isn’t there always a bright, willing part of us that keeps hoping that what we know isn’t true?”
― The Western Wind
― The Western Wind
“Threads that drift alone will sometimes simply twine themselves together, without need for spindle or distaff: brought into each other’s ambit, they bind themselves tight with the force of their own torsion. And this same torsion can, in the course of things, bundle the resulting cord back upon itself, ravelling it up into a skein, returning to the point of its beginning.”
― Longbourn
― Longbourn
“Wherever you are in this world, the sky is still above you. Wherever you are, God still watches over you; He sees into your heart.”
― Longbourn
― Longbourn
“We all have things we don’t talk about, Ernest thought. Even though, more often than not, those are the things that make us who we are.”
― Love and Other Consolation Prizes
― Love and Other Consolation Prizes
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